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The Highlands County Commission got organized for the upcoming year yesterday – after swearing in returning Commissioners Kevin Roberts, Scott Kirouwac and Chris Campbell for fresh terms, the Commission elected Arlene Tuck as Board Chairperson for the upcoming year and Don Elewell as Vice-Chair. The Sebring CRA Board decided Monday to accept a proposal for…

It’s happening again – calls are being made around Highlands County from ne’r-do-wells posing as Highlands County Sheriff’s personnel demanding money to get you out of some terrible “spotr” you’re supposedly in. The cops want you to know – the police and sheriff’s departments around here do NOT call asking for money, and if you’re…

Highlands County deputies made a grizzly discovery early Friday morning in Sun N Lake of Sebring. Deputies were called to a home on Bianca Street shortly after midnight Friday morning and found a 13-year-old girl unresponsive on the floor next to the front door. She was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. Her adoptive…

A Sebring man has been arrested after the discovery of a pipe bomb at his place of employment. 37-year-old James Wayne Phillips was arrested Wednesday November 13th after an object that appeared to be a partially completed pipe bomb was found in his tool cabinet by other employees of E Stone USA in the Sebring…

A brand-new fiber network that will span across Highlands County for the entire school district, is now in progress. Groundbreaking was held Monday at Sebring High School, with District Administrators, members of the WANRack tech company, and several students in attendance. WANRack, the company building the network, expects it to boost bandwidth, improve connectivity across…

The Avon Park Municipal Election is up for a recount after Last Tuesday’s close results. The difference in vote totals for the top vote getters came in at .26% which is under the .5% threshold for an automatic machine recount. The top vote getters were incumbents Brittany McGuire, Berniece Taylor, and Michelle “Shelly” Mercure, with…

In the wake of Florida FEMA official Marn’i Washington telling relief workers to bypass Lake Placid Homes where pro trump signs and flags were displayed after Hurricane Milton, Highlands County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will team up to revisit more than 3000 homes in the area to ensure residents receive disaster assistance. Washington…

A FEMA employee is out of a job after advising a disaster relief team to skip homes with Trump yard signs. The incident reportedly happened last month in Lake Placid in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, and that at least 20 homes in the area were skipped because of Trump signs in the front yard.…

Veteran’s Day is Monday, November 11th. Several ceremonies and celebrations will be taking place in Highlands County to honor our local vets. Veterans and their families are invited to join the VFW Post 4300 in Sebring for a flag raising ceremony at 11 a.m., followed by food and music throughout the day. The American Legion…

Sun ‘N Lake of Sebring voters have chosen Mike Gilpin, Greg Norton, and John Hunter for the Board of Supervisors. Gilpin previously served on the board, Norton retained his seat, and Hunter is newly elected. 3,265 votes were cast and in supervisor elections in Sun ‘N Lake, the top vote getters for the numbers of…